Improvement in revolving fire-arms



F. BEALS.

Revolver.-

No. 21,478 Patnted Sept. 14, 1858.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHDGRAFHER, WASHINGTQN 0 C4 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.-

FOBDYOE BEALS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN REVOLVING FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2],:178, datedSeptember 14, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FORDYOE BEALS, ofNew Haven, in the county ofNewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulimprovement in that classof Fire-Arms known as Revolvers and I do herebydeclare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part ofthis specification, in which-- Figurelis a longitudinalor side view,partly in section, of a pistol with my improvement. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section in the plane indicated by the line a: m of Fig. 1,shown as it would be seen looking downward. Fig. 3 is a view of thecenter-pin on which the cylinder rotates.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention relates to that kind of revolver the axis of whoserotating many-chainbered cylinder is arranged parallel with the bore ofthe barrel.

It consists in so constructing, applying, and arranging the center-pinon which the cylinder rotates and the lever which operates the rammerthat the said pin is secured in place by a shoulder provided for thepurpose on said lever when said lever is brought to a position closeunder the barrel, and that said pin can be withdrawn to allow thecylinder to be taken out when said lever is moved down to a position notfar enough from the barrel to let the rammer interfere with thecylinder.

To enable others skilled in the art to apply my invention, I willproceed to describe'its construction and operation.

A D E is the cylinder-frame, which contains the cylinder 0, made in apiece with the principal portion of the stock S.

B is the barrel, which screws into the front part, E, of the frame A DE.

F is the center-pin on which the cylinder rotates, inserted through ahole provided for it in the front part, E, of the same and enteringanother hole in the back part or recoilshield, D. This pin is fittedsnugly into the frame, but so that it can be withdrawn easily in aforward direction. It is provided with a head, a, at one side of itsfront end, which head is received in a notch, b, in one side of thefront part, E, of the cylinder-frame, and thereby prevents the pinturning.

G is the rammer, arranged in the usual manner to slide in a hole boredfor it in the front part, E, of the cylinder-frame.

H is the lever by which the hammer is operated, partly working in a slotin the front part, E, of the cylinder-frame on a fulcrumpin, 0, whichpasses transversely through E, between the center-pin F and the rammerG, and connected with the ramrner by a link, 01, which is connected bytwo pins, j k, and works 'in a slot, 6, in the rammer.

fis the shoulder on the rammer-lever H, for securing the center-pin inplace, said shoulder coming against the head a of the center-pin, asshown in Fig. 2 and in black outline in Fig. 1, when said lever liesclose against the bottom of the barrel, in which position the lever issecured by a snap-piece, g,.under the front part of the barrel, in amanner wellknown. The fulcrum-pin c is arranged far enough in front ofthe cylinder and the ram mer so arranged that there is enough playbetween the latter and the front of the cylinder to permit the lever tobe moved down far enough, as shown in Fig. 1 in red outline, to bringthe shoulderf out of the way of the center-pin without moving the rammerfar enough back to interfere with the cylinder. When the lever is in thelast-mentioned position the center-pin can be withdrawn and the cylinderthen be removed sidewise from the frame. By pulling the lever fartherdown when the cylinder and center-pin are in place, therammer may bedriven into the chambers t i on their being severally brought oppositeto it by turning the cylinder by hand when the hammer is at half-cock.

The other parts of the weapon not herein specified may be constructedand applied after the manner of the corresponding parts in otherrevolvers.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

Constructing, applying, and arranging the center-pin F and therammer-lever H, substantially as described, so that the former is lockedin place by the latter when the latter is close to the barrel, and thatthe former is permitted to be withdrawn by bringing the latter to aposition in which the rammer will not interfere with the cylinder.

FORDYOE BEALS. Witnesses:

CHARLES IVES, CURTIS S. BUSHNELL.

